Tropical value chains

The principles of sustainable development guide CIRAD's research and what it offers in terms of expertise in tropical value chains. That expertise is founded on more than 70 years' experience of the main value chains and of researchers working on the ground with producers and in direct contact with the different stakeholders in value chains. CIRAD's expertise encompasses the following fields: production and productivity within the context of the agroecological transition; crop protection; genetic improvement; food and non-food product processing; sustainable sourcing; adapting value chains to climate change; multi-criteria performance assessment (LCA - life cycle assessment); building markets and standards that reward sustainable production and social responsibility within value chains; and academic and technical training for value chain stakeholders.

Animal production

Fostering sustainable animal production within varied, complex Human-Environment-Global health systems.

Banana and plantain

Innovating hand in hand with players in the banana and plantain value chains, to ensure greater sustainability.

Coconut

Revitalizing coconut, a plant with a thousand uses: knowing and making better use of its genetic diversity and ensuring sustainability, from production to processing.

Cocoa

Improving the livelihoods of rural households through sustainable, diversified, quality cocoa production.

Coffee

Returning to ecologically viable systems and boosting the profitability of agroforestry systems that favour smallholders in more than 40 countries.

Cotton

Helping players in the global South achieve agroecological intensification, by studying and adapting production and organizational methods in an constantly changing context.

Dairy

Promoting sustainable dairy farms and inclusive collection systems, and encouraging the production of healthy, responsible dairy products in the countries of the global South.

Forest resources

Managing natural and planted forests, which play a vital social, economic and ecological role, in a sustainable way.

Fruit and vegetables

Using the specificities of horticultural products (diversity, freshness, health properties) to build fair, healthy and sustainable food systems.

Oil palm

Consolidating, documenting and sharing the performance and resilience of the value chain, as it moves towards agroecological transition.

Rice

Helping to alleviate poverty and vulnerability to risks among rice growers and improve production (quantity and quality), while managing natural resources and reducing environmental impact.

Roots and tubers

Proposing sustainable production and processing systems based on improved varieties and healthy seed, to guarantee that products satisfy consumer and market expectations.

Rubber

Generating knowledge, to build a sustainable natural rubber sector that provides producers with a decent income.

Sorghum

Working together to build agroecological solutions for sorghum-based cropping systems, in response to the challenges of adaptating to climate change and diversifying farmers' sources of income.

Sugarcane

Building the sugarcane sector of the future by helping producers make the agroecological transition.